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Put Your Pest Plan on Maintenance Mode

Put Your Pest Plan on Maintenance Mode

September 27, 2023

J.M. Smucker Agrees to Sell Sahale Brand

September 28, 2023

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Pharmaceutical Giant Bayer Adds Strawberries

September 28, 2023

Smoke billows from a fire burning in the mountains over Napa Valley, Friday, Oct. 13, 2017, in Oakville, Calif.

Wildfires Can Make California Red Taste Like an Ashtray

September 28, 2023

Labeling: Manufacturing's Unsung Hero

Labeling: Manufacturing's Unsung Hero

The unsung hero of most manufacturing facilities is found at the end of the production line — the product labeling process. This brief tells you how flexible, in-house, on-demand label printing can provide companies with the labels they need, when they need them, plus reduce lead times and eliminate expensive inventory.

September 29, 2023

European Commissioner for European Green Deal Frans Timmermans during a media conference at EU headquarters in Brussels, June 28, 2023.

EU Embraces Gene Techniques in Food Production

The bloc hopes new advances can help counter shortages and climate change.

July 6, 2023

Grain port in Izmail, Ukraine, April 26, 2023.

Ukraine Welcomes EU Deal on Continued Farm Exports

The agreement ends an internal standoff over a glut of imports in Eastern Europe.

May 1, 2023

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EU Nations Seek to End Ukraine Farm Import Standoff

Eastern European nations have reported being flooded with imported products.

April 25, 2023

Eggs at a supermarket, Frankfurt, Germany, Aug. 4, 2017.

In Europe's Inflation Crisis, the Humble Egg Takes the Cake

Egg prices in a handful of counties were up by some 80%.

March 10, 2023

Czech Energy Minister Jozef Sikela rings the bell to announce the beginning of a meeting of EU energy ministers at an extraordinary energy council in Brussels, Nov. 24, 2022.

U.S., EU Edging Toward Trade Spat

It's something neither side wants.

November 28, 2022

French Minister for the Sea Annick Girardin, center, signs papers during a meeting of EU agriculture ministers at the European Council building in Brussels on Dec. 13, 2021.

EU Nations Set 2022 Fish Quotas, Irking Environmentalists

Some catches were reduced to safeguard the survival of species, while others were kept to guarantee the survival of threatening fishing communities.

December 14, 2021

Britain's chief Brexit negotiator David Frost gives a media statement at EU headquarters in Brussels on Nov. 19, 2021.

European Union Awaits Counteroffers from UK in Brexit Standoff

Both sides are fighting over differences in how to regulate trade in Northern Ireland.

November 22, 2021

People buy fish at the market of the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer, northern France on Oct. 15.

Brexit Spat Revs Up on EU-UK Talks, Fishing Threat

The top Brexit negotiators from both sides entered talks again, with troublesome trade issues in Northern Ireland taking center stage.

October 15, 2021

In this Dec. 9, 2020 file photo, the Union Flag and European Union flags flap in the wind prior a meeting between European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson at EU headquarters in Brussels.

EU, UK Still Quarrelling Over Fishing, Northern Ireland

There was hope that now-separated Britain and the 27-nation bloc would sail their relationship toward calmer waters. Don't even think about it.

October 12, 2021

In this Jan. 28 file photo, a fishing vessel is docked at Kilkeel harbor in Northern Ireland.

Fishing Industry Holding Up Brexit Talks

While fishing is a negligible part of the nations’ economies, it is an important point of national pride for coastal and island nations.

December 4, 2020

In this Nov. 18 photo, lobsters sit in a crate at a shipping facility in Arundel, Maine.

EU Finalizes Tariff Cut on US Lobsters

The European Union parliament on Thursday approved a mini trade deal with the United States.

November 30, 2020

In this March 23, 2020 photo, a cyclist takes images of a barricaded backroad used by locals on the Netherlands border with Belgium between Chaam, southern Netherlands, and Meerle, Northern Belgium.

The Netherlands Closes Bars & Restaurants for 4 Weeks

Over the past several weeks, few other countries in Europe saw such an increase in COVID-19 cases.

October 14, 2020

In this photo taken on Wednesday, April 8, chocolate rabbits with face masks are lined up at the Cocoatree chocolate shop in Lonzee, Belgium. As all non-essential shops in Belgium have been closed due to the outbreak of COVID-19, many chocolatiers have had to resort to online sales, home delivery or pick up on site.

Chocolatiers Adapt for Easter Amid Virus

Easter Sunday is normally the most important date on the chocolate makers' calendar.

April 10, 2020

In this Jan. 28 photo, a fishing vessel is docked at Kilkeel harbor in Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom and the European Union are parting ways on Friday and one of the first issues to address is what will happen to the fishing grounds they shared.

Post-Brexit Talks Set Up EU-UK Fish Fight

Once the UK officially leaves the EU on Friday, one of the first things the two sides will wrestle over is the comparatively tiny fisheries industry.

January 29, 2020